I just wrote those words on my cyber-pal Mel’s blog and couldn’t resist posting them. We of the Perfection Hater’s League want to state here and now that anyone reading this who has ever chastised themselves for screwing up and/or not being good enough, needs to stand in front of a mirror and keep repeating these words:
Boring perfection has no juice to it!
Boring perfection has no juice to it!
Boring perfection has no juice to it!
And now I hope you’ll join me in doing something perfectly silly. Hmm…where did I put that hand puppet? Oh..there he is. I think he needs to help us sing The Lonely Goatherd song from The Sound of Music. What’s imperfect about that you may ask? Hah! You haven’t heard us sing. And don’t get me started on our dancing!
Ready? Here we go:
Aaaah! I needed that. And so did my puppet. He hasn’t danced in weeks. Kind of hard when you’re a hand puppet, you know. Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo!
Great post – thanks for the reality check. And guess what? It works even without the aid of a hand puppet.
Hahaha! I’m glad. Gotta admit I’ve gone back and watched the thing a few times myself sans puppet and it still cracks me up.
!!!! I was sitting watching the food network yesterday fantasizing about having my own food network show (not that I am a chef or have any desire to be one) where the whole focus was imperfection!!!!! I am so sick of hearing all their female chefs – and it does tend to be the female ones, giada, robin, sandra- use that word. Not only is there no such thing… it is a horrible mistake to strive for perfection!!!!!!! Most of the world’s most wonderful discoveries have been found in the mistakes and the unintended!!! Lets just be…. and discover where that takes us!!!!
I am a big Sound of Music fan and that is actually one of my favorite scenes. Re: the muppet version, there’s no pick-me-up quite like yodeling livestock. lol.
Count me in as a member of the PHL. Here’s to juicy imperfection!
Hi kveljones! I would watch your show for sure – even knowing you have no desire to be a chef. No…because of it! I’m not a chef either, but some of the best things I’ve ever cooked have been accidents of a little this and a little that.
I agree. We hear waaaay too much about making something “perfect” – including our bodies. But when you aim for that, you can never achieve it. You can still do your best…but that’s not the same as having to actually achieve perfection before you can be proud of what you’ve done. I’ve had bosses that demanded perfection and while we produced quality stuff, the toll on the employees was horrible. And a job that could have been fun at times was enmeshed in fear, with hours spent on the tiniest details that in the end really wouldn’t matter. What a waste of effort.
Thanks, Mel! You’re so right about yodeling muppet livestock.
By the way, you are now the third official member of the Perfection Hater’s League. I am the first and, of course, my puppet is the second. Juicy imperfection rocks!